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Bhairab Dai’s shining light

Journalist, environmental activist and philanthropist leaves a legacy of professionalism and compassion

Kunda Dixit

Lil Bahadur Chettri, 93

Award-winning author of the classic novel on migration, Basain, dies

Kunda Dixit

Remembering ‘Kamred’ Bihari

Farewell to a defender of community action and solidarity

Bihari Krishna Shrestha, 88

​Tribute to Nepal’s pioneer in community forestry and anthropologist from a former colleague

Shyam’s Shangrila

Shyam Bahadur Panday’s hotel was a favourite haunt of the early expatriates in Nepal

Lisa Choegyal

Ambica Shrestha (1933-2024)

The long and fearless life of a crusader for cultural preservation and women's rights in Nepal

Lisa Choegyal

Nepal loses its foremost security analyst

In 1991, as the editor of Deshantar weekly, I was part of a visiting team of journalists accompanying Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on...

Paul Farmer on my mind

When we were in 11th grade, my friends and I wanted to bring healthcare services to an impoverished village near Pokhara, my hometown....

Rajkumar Shakya, 1967-2021

Raj Kumar Shakya who died of Covid-related complications in June at age 54 was the world’s foremost repoussé sculptors, excelling in the craft of...

Anil Chitrakar

A Nepali on a UN mission

To be posted in regions of political instability seems to have been the calling of Manoj Basnyat’s life. As a United Nations...

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